Full Trailer: Maika Monroe In "Victorian Psycho"
Maika Monroe stars as a governess whose unraveling leads to disappearances and violence in Bleecker Street’s adaptation of Virginia Feito’s 2025 horror novel.
- Distributor Bleecker Street released the full trailer today for "Victorian Psycho," a horror-comedy directed by Zachary Wigon arriving in theaters Sept. 25, starring Maika Monroe in an adaptation of Virginia Feito's 2025 novel.
- Set in Victorian England, the plot follows governess Winifred Notty as she begins teaching the children of Mr. and Mrs. Pounds at their Yorkshire estate, where the family remains unaware of impending chaos.
- Following the film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, critics offered mixed to positive reviews; IndieWire's Kate Erbland praised Monroe's performance, while Mashable's Kristy Puchko called it "what if gothic horror were an eat-the-rich comedy?"
- As Winifred adjusts to her duties, nurse Ms. Lamb begins to suspect the governess is responsible for staff disappearing around the manor, while her fraying psyche escalates toward increasingly dangerous consequences.
- Director Zachary Wigon previously made "The Heart Machine" and "Sanctuary," marking this as his third feature; the trailer builds anticipation with Die Spitz's "Throw Yourself to the Sword" scoring the footage.
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Full Trailer: Maika Monroe In "Victorian Psycho"
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Official Poster for ‘Victorian Psycho’ Starring Maika Monroe Promises New Trailer Tomorrow
Maika Monroe (It Follows, Longlegs) is back this September in psychological horror thriller Victorian Psycho, and the new trailer is headed our way tomorrow (July 30). While you wait, check out the brand new official poster below. Victorian Psycho releases in theaters September 25 via Bleecker Street. Maika Monroe stars as an eccentric governess who arrives at a remote gothic manor where strange happenings stir suspicion that she’s not what she …
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